> > > Well, I just got a fabled but seldom seen Exidy Sorcerer. It has a
> > > power supply problem (including the need to be converted back from 220
> > > to 110V) but I am working on that.
> > I'd rather suggest not to convert it - a transformer is a way
> > more convineant. And maybe someone from a 220V country may find
> This is obviously a new definition of 'convenient'. I can't see anything
> more convenient about using an external transformer comapared to
> resoldering a couple of leads in the PSU.
> Yes, I do have a 110V step-down transformer here, for testing US stuff,
> and for running units that can't easily be converted. But most machines
> get converted to 240V in the end -- ther worst I've ever had to do was
> replace the internal mains transformer. Most of the time it's just moving
> links, or resoldering the wires on the primary side of the transformer.
AFAIR you also have to use either 'adaptor plugs - or fit a new pwower
cable, since the Sorcerer had a fixed one. And there is nothing more
stupid in the world of power transmission than these plugs ...
Unless the PS is already switchable and there is a Kaltgeraetestecker
(no idea how these inlet connectors are called in english, where the
power cord is detatchable) I always keep the original condition - for
the short time I play around with a specific unit (seldom more than a
few weeks) a stepdown transformer is a fine solution.
Gruss
H.
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